Subject: Re: NetBSD/i386 processor recommendation
To: Ross Harvey <ross@teraflop.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/07/1997 13:56:58
On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Ross Harvey wrote:
> > [--- real wins on P5 performance ---]
> >
> > [ "John F. Woods" <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com> ]
> >
> > Just make sure the 486 NetBSD users don't decide to roast you over a
> > bonfire.
> >
>
>
> Well, *#$&# it. It's bad news with a write-through cache. (486
> primary, most 386 board-level). I dunno how 486 board-level caches are
> organized, or even how common they are. Maybe an #ifdef, or a dynamic
> selection?
Sounds like a perfect thing to vary based on what cpu types
are specified in the config file - if you do not have i486 or
i386 then enable it, else fall back to more generic code...
David/abs
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